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    Mahua & Child Health

    This theme discusses nutrition, food, and child health, specifically mentioning mahua and recipes for healthy living.

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    In your area, citizens are enthusiastically advocating for the greater incorporation of highly nutritious local and forest-based foods into public health initiatives. A key issue highlighted is the current underutilization of traditional nutritional wisdom and readily available resources like Mahua, various millets, and other forest produce. Citizens firmly believe these items, rich in vitamins and essential nutrients, are crucial for combating malnutrition. They propose tangible solutions such as integrating these foods into school mid-day meals and the Public Distribution System (PDS), particularly for children and pregnant/lactating women. There's a strong call to action to leverage these natural resources 🌳 to promote overall health and well-being, drawing upon historical practices and modern applications 💡 to create wholesome, accessible food options 🍎.

    Dominant Themes

    Nutritional value of Mahua and forest products
    Integration into Mid-Day Meal (MDM) programs
    Inclusion in Public Distribution System (PDS)
    Health benefits for children and women
    Promotion of traditional and local food sources

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌱 🏫 🍽Formulate a policy to systematically include Mahua, other nutrient-rich forest produce (like Char, Kendu), and diverse local millets into school mid-day meal programs.
    • 🔬 📝 🛒Investigate and document the nutritional profiles of suggested local foods to officially endorse their health benefits and facilitate integration into the Public Distribution System (PDS).
    • 🧑 🍳 👨Develop and disseminate practical, culturally appropriate recipes for preparing Mahua-based and millet-based nutritious foods, especially targeting children and pregnant women.

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    🌱 💊 👶

    We get a lot of vitamins from Mahul char. If we consume Mahul char, our children and babies will also get a lot of vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍎 🧒 💪

    Mahua fruit/extract contains vitamins. It would be beneficial if given to school children to eat and if one also consumes it.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍎 👨‍👩‍👧 💪

    Yes, if we make Mahula and Ladoo and give them to the school children and pregnant mothers, they will get vitamins from eating that.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍎 💪 🧑‍🎓

    Mahul, char, and sargi have a lot of vitamins. Our bodies used to stay healthy by eating them. It would be good if the government provides food to students.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🍰 👶

    Mahula is available in our area. We have a lot of Mahula, even for pimples, Mahula is present. If we make cakes or chocolates and give them to children, they will be able to eat nutritious food.

    — Benedik Dungdung · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 💊 🍰

    Mahura has vitamins. Everyone can eat Mahura by making ladoo or cake.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

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    🥦 👨‍👩‍👧 ✅

    This has many good vitamins. If we all eat it, our bodies will be nourished. And if children also eat it, their bodies will also be nourished. Check the government date.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌾 🤲 💪

    Mahul was available. Mahul was consumed. If it could be provided adequately, all of us, including the children, would get nutritious food. Therefore, this is a matter to pay attention to.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍬 👨‍👩‍👧 💪

    Giving Mahul laddu to school children, pregnant women, and lactating women will be beneficial as it contains vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    👧 🥣 💪

    If school children are given boiled and fried Mahul, and Kaku mixed in water to eat, it contains vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍯 🍰 😋

    Honey has vitamins. If Mahula is used to make Laddus or cakes, everyone will eat them.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🍎 👶

    The Mahua from our forest is very rich in vitamins and is given to children as food for their nourishment.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌰 🏫 💪

    If the nutritious 'char laddoo' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's mid-day meal, children will be nourished.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 💪 🍰

    News is that Mahua will be available, and Mahua has a lot of vitamins. If you make cake or ladoo from Mahua, eat it.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🎁 💪

    Mahul-based sweets and cooked preparations were made and given to school children and pregnant mothers, as they contain vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍲 ✨ 🏫

    In ancient times, people used to boil and eat Mahua. Mahua has many vitamins and is nutritious food. It would be good if it was given in schools.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🏫 🍎 💪

    If food made from Mahua is given in schools, children will be able to get nutritious food.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍬 ✨ 💪

    Mahua oil has vitamins and if you make and eat Mahua ladoo, the body remains healthy and good.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi

    🌳 💪 👶

    Mahua is found in the forest, it is a very vitamin-rich food, it would be good to give this to children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🏫 🍎

    Including Mahula laddus made from Mahula found in our forests in school's midday meals can provide nutritious food to children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🥣 💪

    If Mahua is added to our food, it will provide vitamins.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🍲 💪

    Mahua has many vitamins. We eat mahua by boiling it or by making cakes from it.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi

    🌸 🏛️ 🥣

    Among forest products, Mahua is also a nutritious food. It would be good if the government utilizes this Mahua in various ways and provides it in school mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    ☕ ✨ 👧

    Mahul tea is very rich in vitamins. We consume it, and even if we give it to children in school, it still contains a lot of vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🏫 💪

    Including food items like mahua ladoo made from mahua found in our forests in the school's midday meal can provide nutritious food to children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🥣 👶

    It would be beneficial to give food items made from Mahua to pregnant women, children, and school children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Including ladoos made from Mahua, a food found in our forests, in the school's mid-day meal will be nutritious for children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🍲 💪

    Mahua has good vitamins; it will be beneficial if eaten after cooking.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi

    🌳 💊 🍚

    There are vitamins in mahua. It tastes good if you make and eat idli from mahua.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🍎 👶

    Our jungle, our jungle, our jungle, mahul will be found. Children will get many vitamins from mahul. Provide children with many facilities for making food.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 👧 🧠

    If we talk about the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, and Kendu as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), then children will eat it and become intelligent.

    — Priti majhi

    🌿 🥣 💪

    In our school, in the mid-day meal that is provided, if we bring a beneficial extract from our forest and add those seeds, I will prepare it so that it contains many vitamin-rich things, and eating that would be very good.

    — Parikshit Majhi

    🌸 🍲 💪

    In the past, people used to boil and eat mahua from the village, which contained vitamins. Even now, if mahua is boiled and eaten, it will still be beneficial.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 ❤️ ➕

    Mahua is one of the most nutritious food items, which is very beneficial for our health. Along with this, coarse grains (millets) are also beneficial for health. They should be included. PDS.

    — संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

    🌳 🤲 🍽️

    We can bring Mahula's char tendu from the forest and use it in food and also give it to children.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Mahua flowers and other foods obtained from the forest are very nutritious. Therefore, it is appropriate to include these foods in PDS or mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🥔 🍽️ 💪

    Mahul, Mahul, it was very good and rich in vitamins. We eat wild potatoes, Mahul Mudi curry, Mahul vegetable curry, Mahul CG curry, Mahul Latha Kuti curry, and Mahul Latha vegetable curry.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🧒 🌿 💪

    It would be good if food prepared with Kendu, Amla, Char, and Mahul is given to school children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 👶 💪

    Mahul is found in the forest. If pitha made from mahul is given to children, their mental and physical health will remain good.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌰 🎒 💪

    If forest-based foods like Mahua, Chironji, and Kendu were prepared and given to our school children in their Mid-Day Meal, it would be beneficial.

    — Priti majhi

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